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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how much money does Blaze ask Ambrose for the one real and four fictitious tapes?
(a) $1,000 each.
(b) $5,000 each.
(c) $15,000 total.
(d) $20,000 total.

2. What is Blaze Duvall’s real name?
(a) Laura Ingalls Wilder.
(b) Mary Ellen Oberlander.
(c) Mary Ellen Singleton.
(d) Jane Kelly.

3. In Chapter 10, where is Blaze staying?
(a) In Dawn’s apartment.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) A hotel room on Shelter Island.
(d) With her sister, Rosie.

4. When Ambrose arrives at Blaze’s home and sees the police tape, what does he assume?
(a) The cops have already found Blaze and where she lived.
(b) The cops are out looking for him.
(c) Someone else was murdered at Blaze’s apartment complex.
(d) Blaze’s friend had also been murdered.

5. What is Ambrose wearing when Blaze arrives to give him the bad news?
(a) Swim trunks.
(b) A three-piece suit.
(c) His pajamas and smoking jacket.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ambrose know he chose the right girl for the job?

2. What had Anne wanted to join in the 1970s?

3. What is a rule when Anne was a vice cop?

4. When the homicide team gathers, what do they wonder about the location of Blaze’s body?

5. What unusual piece of clothing does Ambrose wear to the yacht-club brunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fortney’s response when Leeds asks him if he lost all hope in Nam?

2. What does Anne Zorn think about aging?

3. Why does Ambrose believe the Cup has memories?

4. How does the reader learn how Dawn would be murdered?

5. What does Anne Zorn remember about her days as a vice cop?

6. Why is Ambrose’s attack on Blaze come as a complete surprise to her?

7. Why is Blaze sentimental regarding Dawn?

8. What does Fortney learn when he spies on Blaze and Miles?

9. Why is Fortney, on his third pint of draft at the bar, feeling stupid?

10. How does Blaze make Ambrose practically fall in love with her?

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